This change in the patterns of growth for the major syndicated programs is reflected also in the patterns for combined audience both for the top 10 programs and
for all syndicated programs, as shown in Table 8.4.
On the one hand, there are factors which suggest that this figure is too low as an estimate of the total audience
for syndicated programs.
Not exact matches
His background is impressive, having written 10 books and appearing regularly on CNN Headline News, Fox News, and Fox Business, as well as numerous nationally
syndicated radio
programs —
for financial advice, not comedy.
Syndicating past shows to streaming services also can help build a viewer base
for new
programming, he said.
As will be seen in more detail subsequently, Nielsen figures
for 1979 show only five
syndicated religious
programs that were able to gain equal to or greater than a rating of one.
Unfortunately, the sheer number of electronic church broadcasts overwhelmed the other two categories in the sample: out of 101
program titles recorded
for the content analysis, only eight were local - church
programs and seven were mainline nationally
syndicated or network
programs.
Again, the growth in the combined audience
for syndicated religious
programs appears to have reached a peak in 1977 and has been fluctuating
The general trend is
for women over 50 to be the largest viewing group in the audience of the
syndicated programs.
churches accounting
for 30 percent of the U.S. church population, in 1979 and 1981 had no major
syndicated religious
program.
Nielsen audience data
for November 1979 indicate that the average number of women viewers per household
for all
syndicated religious
programs was.74 compared to.42 men viewers.
In addition to the audiences
for syndicated religious
programs, the audience
for all religious
programs also includes the audiences
for other
programs such as local religious
programs (which increasingly are turning to cable), network religious
programs, religious specials, and those
programs broadcast outside the regular sweeps period.
These figures certainly do not tally with other research, such as the Nielsen surveys which list the combined audience
for all
syndicated religious
programs on television in November 1980 as 19.1 million adults and children.
In clarifying these data, however, it is useful to distinguish between the audiences
for syndicated religious
programs and the audiences
for the total slate of religious
programming.
The pattern changed
for only one major
syndicated program, the sustaining - time
program «Insight.»
Audience figures presented in detail in the next chapter suggest that these
syndicated programs have displaced higher - rating network
programs, which may also result in a smaller audience
for religious
programming on television.
Table 7.3 indicates that independent evangelical groups in 1981 accounted
for 83.3 percent of the top of
syndicated religious
programs on television.
The Nielsen Company,
for example, each November produces a «Report on
Syndicated Program Audiences» which lists not only audience sizes for the various syndicated religious programs, but also age and sex variables, national and DMA ratings, and syndication in
Syndicated Program Audiences» which lists not only audience sizes
for the various
syndicated religious programs, but also age and sex variables, national and DMA ratings, and syndication in
syndicated religious
programs, but also age and sex variables, national and DMA ratings, and syndication information.
She then packed her bags and moved to Texas, where she reported, anchored and hosted a weekly
syndicated Latino music
program for the NBC affiliate in Midland, KWES - TV.
«At a time when more than 30
syndicated programs have been developed by toy companies to promote their toy lines, there is little incentive
for commercial stations to provide locally produced shows
for young people,» said Peggy Charren, president of act.
A long time ago now, the late
syndicated columnist William Raspberry was in the Twin Cities
for some kind of
program and a woman asked a modest question: «How do you fix poverty?»
Dr. Rogoff hosted the
syndicated radio
program Animal Chatter
for several years and served as veterinary consultant and on - air expert
for Cleveland's WKYC television station.
Pet Expert Steve Dale, the author of the twice weekly
syndicated newspaper column «My Pet World» (Tribune Media Services) and host of nationally
syndicated radio
programs Steve Dale's Pet World, The Pet Minute with Steve Dale; and Steve Dale's Pet World on WLS Radio, Chicago presented a summary of highlights from the meeting on the Good News
for Pets site.
Dr. Michael W. Fox, highly respected veterinarian and bioethicist, world - famous
syndicated columnist, and author of author of Cat Body, Cat Mind (and many other fabulous books, including The Healing Touch
for Cats: The Proven Massage
Program for Cats, and Not Fit
for a Dog!
He has produced
for ABC Good Morning America, NBC Today Show, CBS This Morning, Discovery ID, The Doctors and other nationally
syndicated programs.
The panel consisted of: Leila Conners, Tree Media Group founder, journalist and filmmaker, including co-directing the 11th Hour; Richard Wolfe, technophile and former 20th century Fox technology chrief; Richard Graves, Youth Voice / Youth Vote and Global Environment at Americans
for Informed Democracy
program director; Mark Sommer, executive director of The Mainstream Media Project, author, independent journalist and internationally
syndicated columnist
Sporting News Radio (Northbrook, IL) 2005 — 2007 Associate Producer • Produced and engineered diverse, nationally
syndicated programming that reached affiliates nationwide • Edited incoming audio feeds
for real - time accessibility on radio and internet as well as contributing to the writing and production of national press releases • Supervised the instruction and development of
programming trainees and interns